Month: February 2013

Wow, I love mom’s January Block for the Sugar Block of the Month Club… Don’t you just love the colour combination. She is using the fabric from the Flea Market Fancy collection by Denyse Schmidt. I think she’s been looking for a project for this material for awhile so it’s nice to see it come […]

Poor John had to work today so didn’t get to come with me to walk around Ancient Rome. To begin, I admit I was a bit worried about going to the Colosseum area because super touristy things are not normally my thing and I can usually pass them up easily. I had time today though […]

Wow, two major European cities in one month! Not really planned that way but I’m not complaining of course. It was quite dreary when we got into Rome on Sunday and we were hours delayed at Gatwick but we still managed a nice meal of pasta and wine (delicious) with a view of the Trevi […]

Confession…I think I misjudged the gauge on my Boardwalk vest and it may be a bit small. Hmmmmmm…I’m usually very careful about these things etc. but not sure what I was thinking exactly lol!!! It definitely fits but will need some serious wet blocking. Oh well, I’ll salvage it, not fretting drastically yet. You be […]

I should have posted this in January but was waiting to have some pictures to share. Mom and I are doing the Sugar Block of the month club from Stitchery Dickory Dock… You sign up for the club and every month you get an email with a new block to make. It seems like the […]

NO we are not moving BUT if we had a ton of money and were to move to London I quite liked the areas we found this weekend. John, being a bit of an Ad man, was excited to see that with our new National Trust card we could go to the Brand Museum in […]

Tell someone you love them today! I thought today would be a good day to share my new success as a British baker! I finally found time to make the classic of all British baking treats, the Victoria Sandwich. Two Victoria Sponges are put together with a raspberry jam centre… Of course I took my […]

I’ve been knitting up a storm and finally got to the armhole split in the Boardwalk vest. The front stickies are being held while I work the back… As you knit up the back you start to increase for the sleeve caps. You also work the finished edge at the same time… It was cold, […]

Not sure what I was thinking but I decided to make a new recipe that apparently could feed an army while John is away. It’s hard to cook for two sometimes but for one is a bit ridiculous. I like to follow the recipe the first time out and then make changes so I’m not […]

Paris tired us out! It was a whirl wind rest of trip and I don’t know where the time went. The weather stayed cold and rainy for the rest of the weekend but of course it didn’t stop us. We started with trying to find a few crafty stores, as you do in a new […]